K'S CAFE

K's Cafe
420 Eastwood Road
Unit 109
910-791-6995
http://www.ks-cafe.net

If you are looking for a good place to eat breakfast, K's is the place. Hand's down the best in the Wilmington area. "Voted Best Breakfast in Town by WWAY Newschannel 3" and they got it right, The food is not only good but it is reasonably priced, maybe even cheap. If you go there you will not be going any where else. Service? TOPS. So what are you waiting on? Try it and let me know what you think. I'll be surprised if I see any complaints, even small ones
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You will not find a better breakfast in Wilmington. K's has fantastic service, exactly what you expect in a Southern cafe. Drop back into the 1930s 40s or 50s and think of the old time local cafes and the great food and service you could get and that is what K's has. Great cooking and on top of all this it is cheap. 

Lunch? You'll just have to try it. Everything I said about breakfast is true about lunch. You will probably pay a little more, but you will not walk away hungry.

Now dinner is not cheap but it is worth every penny you will spend. Follow the link to their web site http://www.ks-cafe.net and look around then make sure you go and try K's, I guarantee you will become a regular.

All in all it is one of my top 5 places I like to go eat.

ASAHI TING

ASAHI TING
5709 B Oleander Drive
Wilmington, NC 28403
Phone 910-392-1868

A pleasant surprise. This is what I call one of our hole in the wall Chinese Restaurants. Actually it is in the same building as Dunkin Donuts / Baskin Robbins. They have  take out, delivery and dine in. Great food and fast service, probably the best Chinese take out in Wilmington. One of the perks is having  donuts and ice cream right next door. absolutely no reason to go away hungry from this location.

Havana's

Havana's
1 North Lake Park Blvd.
Carolina Beach, NC 28428
910-458-2822

Havana's at Carolina Beach has a Sunday brunch that you may or may not want to try. First I will have to say that the service was excellent and so was the atmosphere. 

The Sunday Quiche was good though served loop warm as was the rest of the meal with some exceptions. The fruit was served cool and was very tasty in fact was the highlight of the meal. The Catfish Po Boy was a disappointment.It would have made a great salad, plenty of lettuce, tomato and bread, BUT the fish what there was of it was so thin you could have read the menu through it. Now my favorite was the Fresh Chips a little on the salty side but the sauce that comes with them to dip with is fantastic. 

All in all for a meal at the beach not bad, but they could improve. Will I try them again? Of course, maybe next time at night and give the dinner menu a shot. Prices? A little high, but you're at the beach.

CURRY VALLEY INDIAN BISTRO

Curry Valley Indian Bistro
1410 South College Road
(between Wrightsville Ave. and Oleander Drive on South College)
Wilmington, NC 28403

Service is very good and the food is excellent. They offer buffet both lunch and dinner or order from the menu ether way you will be glad you dropped in to eat. They offer North Indian Tandoor style cuisine and it is fantastic.

Check out their web site at http://www.curryvalley.net   

I will be back often.

ARNOLD'S FAMILY RESTAURUNT

Arnold's Family Restaurant
8500 Richlands Highway
Highway 24
Richlands, NC 28574
(910) 324-3278

We were passing through Richlands yesterday and stopped at Arnold's for lunch. The staff is super friendly and the food is just plain good. I personally love their Country Style Steak with turnips. Their sweet tea is delicious real Southern style sweet tea. The food is tasty and you can't beat their prices. Its not a fancy place, just somewhere great to stop in when you want a quick bite to eat and the food is served cafeteria style. If you are looking for take out they have drive thru as well.  It was as close to home cooking as you are going to find outside of grandma's kitchen. Next time you are in Jacksonville, NC take Highway 24 over to Richlands, it's a short drive and 4 lane all the way. You will be glad you did.

Ezzell's Breakfast House

Ezzell's Breakfast House

2115 Carolina Beach Rd

Wilmington, NC 28401

(910) 763-7179

Ezzell's has been around Wilmington for years and has built up a regular clientele. My visit the other morning gave me quite a surprise. The service was less than professional and food was average, mainly being made to feel that my business was really needed all that much. Up to this point I would have probably given them another try if I was hungry and in the area figuring maybe I caught them on a bad day. We all have those. Then the unforgivable happened. At the next table two ladies had eaten their Breakfast and were on maybe the 2nd cup of coffee when a waitress, not theirs, asked them to leave, telling them that is was close to time for the lunch crowd. Now the place was half empty at this point so there was no lack of tables. Talking to one of them outside I found out this was their first visit and would be their last. So add me and they lost 3 future customers that morning. This is the unforgivable.

Okami Japanese Steakhouse

RE-VISIT 

 

Just got home from lunch. We decided to give Okami Japanese Steakhouse another chance. It was a real improvement over our first visit. We were seated without any waiting and in a short time our waitress took our drink order. Don't know who made the tea but I am pretty sure they were not Southern. It wasn't bad just not up to Southern sweet tea standards. They could have also put a little more ice in the glass. My wife got mixed veggies and I got veggies and chicken tempura. My wife lunch was good but as she said nothing special. Mind on the other hand was fair. the veggies had very little taste but the chicken was as good as most chicken of this type around town.

One hint to the management, find somewhere else to keep you sweepers and brooms when not in use other then in sight of your customers.

All in all I would say they are about average for Wilmington. With a little more attention to the small things and add a little more seasoning to the veggies and soup they will be where they need to be to compete with the best.

For those that like and enjoy someone play with you food I will have to say those that I could see in the Hibachi section seemed to be having an excellent time.

GLORIA'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT

Gloria's Italian Restaurant
Eastwood Shopping Center
Wrightsville Beach, NC

Gloria's is located in the old Taco Bell building at the corner of Wrightsville Avenue and Pavilion Place. They did a very good job of remodeling so you aren't reminded of being in the old fast food joint once inside. Even at lunch they have cloth napkin and table clothes.

Lunch cost me about $12.00 including tip and it was fantastic. I had the cheese ravioli. The service and food was great, the best Italian I've had since Luigi's on Market was open. This is not your New York style imitation Italian, it taste like the real think.

The dinner menu is price right along with the chain stores, but from talking to the customers that have eaten dinner there it is way better. I will be back soon to try  it again.